New player struggling

[Andy Watkins]

Hi all,

Doing better now, one more question though.

When you are picking up or dropping off cargo, it always drops off or picks up EVERYTHING.

How can I select the amount??

Andy

[Andy Watkins]

Hi all,

Doing better now, one more question though.

When you are picking up or dropping off cargo, it always drops off or picks up EVERYTHING.

How can I select the amount??

Andy

[PvK]

End your orders at the transfer location. Then you can use the transfer button to shuffle units as you please. Once satisfied, you can proceed with more orders. In simultanous mode games, this will require you to lose a partial turn's movement (unless your ships ends the turn there exactly at turn end) in order to do the transfer manually.

PvK

[Andy Watkins]

That sounds like a great explanation, only I didn't understand any of it!

"End your orders at the transfer location"

This sounds crucial but I am sorry it means nothing to me?

Actually WHAT transfer button, I am using a load and drop cargo button? is that my problem??

Andy

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Originally posted by PvK:
End your orders at the transfer location. Then you can use the transfer button to shuffle units as you please. Once satisfied, you can proceed with more orders. In simultanous mode games, this will require you to lose a partial turn's movement (unless your ships ends the turn there exactly at turn end) in order to do the transfer manually.

PvK

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[PsychoTechFreak]

quote:

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Originally posted by Andy Watkins:

Actually WHAT transfer button, I am using a load and drop cargo button? is that my problem??

Andy

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The button that PvK is talking about, it displays an arrow up AND an arrow down, it is located somewhere near the "up only" and "down only" Versions at the left side of the control panel.

[Suicide Junkie]

Tell the ship to go to where you want to transfer cargo to/from.

Wait.

Once the ship physically arrives, then you can use the transfer order.

[capnq]

To clarify:

There are several different orders for cargo handling.

Transfer (T) lets you manually move things among ships and planets in the same sector.

Load (L) and Drop (D) let you move to a destination and pick up or drop cargo there. You can only specify one type of cargo and it automatically shifts the maximum amount possible.

Launch/Recover (U), Launch Remotely (I), and Recover Remotely (O) work similarly, but only for satellites, fighters, mines, and drones, except that you can't recover mines and drones.